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The Perennial Philosophy (Perennial Classics)
by: Aldous Huxley

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Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 12 days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 210
EAN: 9780060570583
ISBN: 006057058X
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 01, 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Sales Rank: 38994

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The Perennial Philosophy is defined by its author as "The metaphysic that recognizes a divine Reality substantial to the world of things and lives and minds." With great wit and stunning intellect, Aldous Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains them in terms that are personally meaningful.

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- An Excellent Summary - and Challenge
This book, published first in 1945, is an amazing compilation of writings from eastern and western mystics and religious practitioners. Mr. Huxley does an excellent job of organizing the quotations and providing commentary. The selections he chose both 1) provide clues to breakthroughs in understanding and in compassion and: 2) challenge each of us to think, live and speak with humility, even if that periodically upsets our present and constraining understandings of life, each other and ourselves.

This book was chosen by our regular weekly church seekers' group, and it has taken us by surprise with its insights and challenges.

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- Huxley is not for the meek, but this one is pretty easy to get into.
I first got this book some 20-odd years ago on a recommendation, and read some of the essays. A few of them were far too "thick" for me to follow, it's the kind of reading you keep a dictionary next to you. Eventually managed to get through most of it (still a couple I have not read). It's a must-have for the Huxley fan (at least for fans of his non-fiction), and on it's own is a great work.

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- Why Does the Concept of a "Perennial Philosophy" Matter?
We live in the age of information, but information without purpose to us individually, while perhaps interesting, is also useless. Information takes on real value only when it answers a question or solves a problem. Uncertainty about our place in the universe clearly qualifies as a problem, arguably mankind's most significant and persistent problem. Solving it provides us with both a foundation and a purpose. "The Perennial Philosophy" answers the extremely pertinent questions, "Can man know God, and if so, how?" Not only does Huxley's classic work answer these questions, it does so from the perspective of experiential "knowing" that cuts across all imagined boundaries of time and space. Since humans have historically agreed on so very little, it is of no minor importance that the same basic ... Read More

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- Universality of the mystical experience
Culled from Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist sources, Huxley makes the case for the universality of certain religious doctrines grounded in a common mystical experience. This work by Huxley established him as one of the greatest lay theologians. It is a work of syncretism of the highest order. Huxley was raised as a Christian, yet was a mystical seeker across religious traditions. His quest included experiments with psychedelics, studying vedanta and other religious traditions.

This book is a must read for the mystical seeker, who wants confirmation that the mystical experience is real. This text was also highly influential within the academic study of religion. Huston Smith, who has written the most widely used textbook on the world's religions, has cited it numerous ... Read More

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- Beauty Stands And Waits
About twenty or so years ago, I had an awakening of sorts. Strange how life can be. One minute you're slicing a banana atop your corn flakes, and the next minute you're looking straight into the Light that all things are created in and out of. And after I had that experience of "knowing" that life was something more than this external form, I went on a rather mad search to see if I could find anything that would back up my experience and one of the first books I bumped into was the Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley.

After reading this book, I was angry. Not at dear Mr. Huxley who beautifully pointed out why all religions and traditions have strands of the same Truth and Wisdom flowing through them, but I was angry that I belonged to a species that was so obviously stupid.

I ... Read More

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